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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2014
Applicants:
Bp P.l.c., London, GB;
Leslie William Bolton, Middlesex, GB;
John Glenn Sunley, East Yorkshire, GB;
Inventors:
Leslie William Bolton, Middlesex, GB;
John Glenn Sunley, East Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
BP P.L.C., London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/28 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01); B01D 15/00 (2006.01); C07C 29/76 (2006.01); C10L 1/02 (2006.01); C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12P 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/261 (2013.01); B01D 15/00 (2013.01); B01D 53/28 (2013.01); C07C 29/76 (2013.01); C10L 1/02 (2013.01); B01D 2253/108 (2013.01); B01D 2253/116 (2013.01); C10L 2200/0469 (2013.01); C10L 2290/542 (2013.01); C12P 7/06 (2013.01); C12P 7/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Process for reducing the water and carboxylic acid content of an alcohol composition containing at least one alcohol having one to four carbon atoms, water and at least one carboxylic acid having from one to four carbon atoms by contacting the alcohol composition with a desiccant bed containing at least one porous inorganic oxide material at elevated temperature. At least one of the porous inorganic oxide material(s) contains Brønsted acid sites and/or neutralized Brønsted acid sites.